Laws and Regulations

In accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 54 of the International Health Regulations (2005) and resolution WHA61.2 (2008), States Parties and the Director-General report annually to the Health Assembly on the implementation of the Regulations. The current document gives an account of actions taken by the States Parties and the Secretariat within the framework of the Regulations since the last report considered by the Health Assembly in May 2016.1

In May 2016, the Director-General submitted the recommendations of the Review Committee on the Role of the International Health Regulations (2005) in the Ebola Outbreak and Response to the Sixty-ninth World Health Assembly.1 The Health Assembly adopted decision WHA69(14) in which, inter alia, it requested the Director-General “to develop for the consideration of the Regional Committees in 2016 a draft global implementation plan for the recommendations of the Review Committee that includes im

I have observed several incidents in the recent past whereby some Ministers have taken upon themselves, responsibilities over matters of operational or purely administrative nature which routinely are responsibilities of Permanent secretaries or other Public officers under them.

The Public Service is established by the Constitution. “Public Service” means service in any civil capacity of the Government, the emoluments for which are payable directly from the Consolidated fund or directly out of moneys provided by Parliament. The public service shall be composed of all persons duly appointed by the appropriate Service Commission or other relevant Appointing Authority to hold or act in any office in the public service.

An Act to provide the rationalised management of all government and public reords and archives under one single authority, for the preservation, utilization and disposal of such records and archives, for the Repeal of the Records (Disposal) Act and for other connected matters

The National Medical Stores Act 1993. is An Act to provide for the establishment of the National Medical Stores and to provide for its composition, powers, object and functions, administration and finances and other matters connected therewith

An Act to provide, in accordance with article 5 of the Constitution, for Kampala as the capital city of Uganda; to provide for the administration of Kampala by the Central Government; to provide for the territorial boundary of Kampala; to provide for the development of Kampala Capital City; to establish the Kampala Capital City Authority as the governing body of the city; to provide for the composition and election of members of the Authority; to provide for the removal of members from the A